10 Facts About Tiger Chen

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Tiger Chen is a Chinese martial artist and actor.

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Tiger Chen is Yuen Wo Ping's protege and Keanu Reeves's teacher and friend.

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Tiger Chen was born on 3 March 1975 in Chengdu, Sichuan, where he studied the Chinese martial arts.

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Tiger Chen won the National Youth Martial Arts Competition in China.

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At the age of 19, Tiger Chen went to the United States, where he lived in a small wooden shack.

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In 1998, Tiger Chen began his film career by holding a post on the fight choreography team as an assistant under Yuen in The Matrix, a science fiction action film starring Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving and Joe Pantoliano.

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Tiger Chen had a minor role as a ronin in The Matrix Reloaded, the second film of the Matrix trilogy.

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In 2012, Tiger Chen played the lead role in Kung Fu Man, alongside Vanessa Branch and Jiang Mengjie.

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In 2018, Tiger Chen made a special appearance in the Malaysian military film PASKAL: The Movie as a Chinese UN Observer accompanying the Malaysian UN Observers during a mission in Angola.

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In 2019, Tiger Chen co-starred with Tony Jaa and Iko Uwais in the film Triple Threat.